This section is a collection of tools that simplify the usage of
IceWM. Head on over to the utilities section of the IceWM homepage if you
want an up to date overview about all available tools.
Note: IcePref is a history these day, but you can still find it.
Description (by the author of IcePref)
IcePref is a small graphical utility (written with Python and the Gtk
toolkit) designed to simplify the configuration of IceWM.
It currently supports the options of IceWM version 1.0.4 and should
(in theory) work consistently with versions at least as high as
1.0.4. While it is not a particularly elegant program, I have found
IcePref useful and hope that it will be found useful by those who use
IceWM and also have Gtk installed.
IcePref should be especially useful to those who have GNOME, and who
are therefore likely to have PyGNOME and PyGTK already installed on
their boxes.
Download IcePref
IcePref was available from
http://members.xoom.com/SaintChoj/icepref.html
Nowadays you have to search the net for suitable archiv
IcePref2 is maintained successor to IcePref.
It is included in IceWM Control Panel.
Description
IcePref2 is advanced preferences file editor.
Download IcePref2
http://icesoundmanager.sourceforge.net/
The IceWM Menu Editor allows users to edit their menu without knowing
anything about config files.
It is included in IceWM Control Panel.
Download IceME
Get IceME at
http://iceme.sourceforge.net/
Description (by author of IceWM Control Panel)
IceWM Control Panel is the first full-featured, Gtk-based control panel
for IceWM. It is meant to run in IceWM, but can be used in ANY window
manager as a general-purpose control panel. It was inspired by the Qt-based
application called IceMC, but includes many more tools, a more familiar
Windoze Control Panel-like interface, and uses the MUCH faster Gtk user
interface (Who runs a fast Window Manager like IceWM, to launch SLOW-running,
memory-intensive Qt/KDE-based applications?? I sure don't).
Let's face it: IceWM and fast Gtk interfaces work well together.
IceWM Control Panel includes applications for editing preferences (IcePref2),
menus (IceMe), themes, sounds (IceSoundMngr), cursors, keys, mouse, wallpapers,
winoptions, icon browser etc.
Download IceWM Control Panel
The IceWM Control Panel homepage is at
http://icesoundmanager.sourceforge.net/
Description
This is Vadim Khohlov's software. A good collection of the configuration
software for IceWM, include: menu/toolbar editor, Ice Sound Configurator,
theme Switcher, backgroundoptions editor, IceWM's winoptions editor, keys
editor.
Download IceWM Control Center
The IceWM Control Center homepage is at
http://freshmeat.net/projects/icecc/
Vadim also made a
little tool
to automate desktop link creation for
idesk version 0.3.5.
Description (by the author of IceWMConf)
IceWMConf is a small application which helps with configuring IceWM.
It tries to be self-configuring, starting with the basic options from
the system preferences files and then overriding them with user
preferences.
In this way, it should pick up new options introduced by later
versions of IceWM. (It does mean that old options aren't deleted, so
you have to occasionally "trim" your user file to remove
lines IceWM grumbles about, but that isn't very necessary.)
Its user interface is functional bordering on spartan, but builds its
own option categories and has an option name search facility. If you
want a really user friendly configuration tool, I suggest IcePref.
Download IceWMConf
The IceWMConf homepage is at
http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/icewmconf/
Description
IceWO is an icewm's winoption file editor. It allows you to set winoptions
for any window by clicking on buttons, without manual editing winoptions file.
Download IceWO
http://syjon.fantastyka.net/~narel/icewo/
Description
IceMC is a graphical menu editor for IceWM, designed to be simple and stable.
You can configure your menu entries with copy, paste, and drag'n'drop.
Download IceWO
http://freshmeat.net/projects/icemc/
Description
MenuMaker is utility written entirely in Python that scans through the system for
installed programs and generates menu for specified X window manager.
It is by far more superior to existing solutions in terms of knowledge base size,
maintainability and extensibility, and has a number of features that have no counterparts
in its class. MenuMaker is intended for users of lightweight *NIX graphical desktop environments.
Download MenuMaker
http://menumaker.sourceforge.net/
Description
iDesk gives users of minimal wm's (fluxbox, pekwm, windowmaker...) icons on
their desktop. The icon graphics are either from a png or svg (vector) file
and support some eyecandy effects like transparency. Each icon can be confgured
to run one or more shell commands and the actions which run those commands are
completely configurable. In a nutshell if you want icons on your desktop and
you don't have or dont't want KDE or gnome doing it, you can use idesk.
Download IDesk
http://idesk.timmfin.net/
Description
DFM is a file manager for Linux and other UNIX like Operating Systems.
DFM is the abrvabation for Desktop File Manager. "Desktop" stands for the
capability to place icons on the root window.
Download DFM
http://www.kaisersite.de/dfm/